MP’s trial for ‘speeding lie’

A LABOUR MP has gone on trial accused of lying to police over who was driving a speeding vehicle.

Fiona Onasanya, 35, said a man called Aleks Antipow was behind the wheel on July 24 last year.

At the Old Bailey the MP for Peterborough yesterday denied perverting justice by misleading police.

She was bailed till today for a jury to be sworn in.

Last week her brother Festus, 33, of Cambridge, admitted perverting justice over the incident.